Val Wilmer | The Guardian
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November 2017
Letter: Paul Oliver obituary
Val Wilmer writes: Paul Oliver encouraged my early desire to document blues and jazz
July 2017
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Willie Payne obituaryOther lives: Actor who appeared in Dixon of Dock Green, The Professionals and EastEnders
May 2017
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Saxa obituaryOther lives: Jamaican saxophonist known as Saxa who played with the English ska group the Beat
February 2017
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Joe Baju obituary
January 2017
Terry Cryer obituary
Photographer admired for his pictures of jazz greats and for his skill in the darkroom
November 2016
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Victor Brown obituaryOther lives: Singer who achieved fame in the last days of British variety as half of the duo Harriott and Evans
August 2015
Russ Henderson obituary
Trinidad-born jazz pianist and leading figure in the steelband movement in Britain who helped set up the Notting Hill carnival
February 2015
John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins obituary
Photographer, writer and activist who was a leading figure of 1960s British counterculture
July 2014
Letter: Joe Wilder was one of the first instrumentalists to break through the racial barrier in the session world
Val Wilmer writes: Joe Wilder symbolised a great deal for young African-American musicians at the turn of the 1960s.
July 2013
Chester Harriott obituary
Pianist and popular entertainer who was part of the successful duo Harriott and Evans
June 2013
Letter: Fried chicken and hot sauce with Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Val Wilmer writes: In 1982 I met Bobby Bland in a cramped hotel room in Hammersmith
December 2012
Letter: 'Promoters told Dave Brubeck to leave his African-American bassist, Gene Wright, behind, but he refused'
Val Wilmer writes: Dave Brubeck played a useful role in the fight against US segregation in the 1950s and 60s
June 2012
Andy Hamilton obituary
Jazz musician who left Jamaica to settle in Birmingham where he worked to improve community relations
November 2011
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Reg Service obituaryOther lives: One of a small but significant group of black Britons who played jazz in the UK before the second world war
May 2010
Letter: George Webb obituary
Val Wilmer writes: George Webb (obituary, 28 April) gave me my first and only gig as a roadie.
December 2009
Sonny Bradshaw obituary
Trumpeter, broadcaster, and leader of Jamaica's Big Band
February 2009
Kofi Ghanaba
Obituary: Influential Ghanaian drummer who emphasised the African origins of jazz
August 2008
Josie Woods
Obituary: A pioneering black dancer and choreographer from east London
June 2008
Pete Chilver
Obituary: Jazz musician who established the electric guitar in Britain
November 2007
Donald Ayler
Obituary: 'Free' jazz trumpeter forever in his older brother's shadow
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